PTSA at Princess Anne High School

pa.ptsa@verizon.net

Holiday Lights at the Beach Tickets are now on sale! Get ‘em while you can for $7 each at the school security desk. Proceeds benefit PTSA scholarships. Make checks payable to PA PTSA. The Holiday Lights event will be held from November 20th through January 3rd on the Oceanfront boardwalk. Don’t miss this exciting holiday tradition. Tickets are regularly $10 at the gate. Save $$$ and get yours from PTSA.

Greetings from the Princess Anne High School PTSA. Beauty is…having a phenomenal start to the new school year with 1,151 members (as of November 10, 2009)! Thanks to our fabulous parents, students, faculty, staff and community. We have exceeded the membership count over 2008-2009 in only one month of school, but still need more memberships to achieve a 50% increase over last year. Your membership counts. Thanks to everyone’s support, we are going to be able to expand our programs, increase support for our faculty and staff, provide additional scholarship awards, and continue to implement activities and efforts to support the mission of the PTA. A special “thanks” to our membership team for a job well done! Thanks, also, to our community partners for your help: Kohl’s Pembroke Mall, Commonwealth Financial Partners/Mass Mutual, The Royal Chocolate Town Center, No RootZ Hair Salon, Food Lion Pembroke Meadows, Food Lion Birchwood, Krispy Kreme, Chick-fil-A Double Drive-Thru, Harbour Graphics and Safe Harbor Press.

Reflections theme for 2009-2010
"Beauty is...

The PTA Reflections Program deadline for entries was October 23rd. A total of 41 entries were submitted by 24 participants. Student entries that qualified for first-place were sent to Virginia Beach Council of PTAs for the next level of judging. The PTSA will award each first-place winner with a cash award. All participants will receive a certificate of participation. The Reflections Awards Night and Gallery is February 9, 2010, 6:30pm. Stay tuned for the announcement of winners!

JOIN the PTSA at Princess Anne High School! The membership theme for 2009-2010 is “YOU are the main ingredient to our success.” We want to count you in on all the exciting happenings from the PTSA. Don’t forget to JOIN the PTSA! We want to include you in our recipe for success for 2009-2010 at PAHS.

Membership
Parents / Faculty / Staff = $5, Students = $3
Business Members = $25 (Download Membership Form for Businesses)

PTSA is on Facebook – Become a fan! http://tinyurl.com/pa-ptsa . Thanks to all of our fabulous Facebook fans to date.

Recipes Needed for PA Cookbook - Check out what’s cookin’ at PA! The PTSA is in the process of collecting recipes for a new PA Cavaliers cookbook, Cavaliers Cuisine. Send complete recipes to cavalierscookbook@verizon.net Include your name, phone number and email address. Parents, students, family members, faculty and staff are all encouraged to submit recipes. No copyrighted materials please. Earn a chance to win a free cookbook – every recipe qualifies as one entry. Multiple give-aways will be made. Pre-sales information coming soon.

Congratulations, PAHS! The Princess Anne High School PTSA received the following awards from the Virginia Beach Council of PTAs for 2008-2009:

*Award of Excellence
*Exemplary Award
*Merit Award (for 100% faculty/staff membership)
*Certificate of Achievement for Membership in recognition of 51% increase (as of May 1)
*Cardinal Award (75% of last year’s membership by December 1 to VA State PTA)
* President’s Pin
* PTSA-Awards-2008-2009 (pdf - 4 awards)

Congratulations to the following for VA PTA Awards: Pat Griffin (President’s Honor Award); Pat Zirkle (Honorary Life Membership), Susan Reisor, Sarina Bowen, Janet Carter, Nicky Jelinek and David Jelinek (Distinguished Service Award); Kim Barnes and Lori Young (Certificate of Appreciation). PTSA appreciates you!

Membership is open to anyone who believes in the National PTA Mission and Purpose. The PTA is committed to being inclusive in its efforts to represent and assist all who nurture and educate children. Every person who joins a local PTA automatically becomes a member of both the state and national PTA. Each of the more than 388,000 members in 1200 local units of the Virginia PTA has an opportunity to help direct and formulate PTA efforts and direction. Part of your membership fee stays within the Princess Anne High School PTSA, part is used at the Virginia PTA level and part goes to the National PTA level. It’s worth it! Join today.
2009-2010 Member Benefits Providers

Membership Update- October 15, 2009 – “Beauty is…having 1,250 PTSA members at PAHS to date.” Our members rock! We need 192 more members to exceed last year’s membership by 50% (we get an award for that!) Join PTSA now -$5 for parents, friends and faculty/staff; $3 for students; $25 for businesses. To reach 100%, we need 1,868 members. We can do it with your help. Thanks to all of our current members of parents, friends, students, faculty and staff. We appreciate you.

Board Members
President   Janet Carter, 757.285.3888, janetccarter@verizon.net or pa.ptsa@verizon.net
1st Vice President – Membership        Sarina Bowen
2nd Vice President - Membership        Nicky Jelinek
3rd Vice President – Ways & Means  Rebekah Asuncion
Treasurer - Nicky Jelinek
Secretary (Recording)    Kim Barnes
Secretary (Corresponding)  Rebekah Asuncion

Committee Chairpersons
Hospitality                                         Debbie Fesko
OpGrad                                             David Jelinek
Faculty Representative                   Kelly Boyd
Reflections                                     Rebekah Asuncion
VIE                                                  TBA

PTSA email address: pa.ptsa@verizon.net

Earn $$$ and Equipment for Princess Anne High School
Farm Fresh (123-4 Receipts)
Target (Target Red Cards usage), School ID = 104809,
Food Lion (MVP), School ID = 29487.
Harris Teeter (VIC), School ID = 4859
Kroger Plus Card, Barcode = 1000081264

Faculty/Staff Membership Recognition
Several faculty and staff were selected from random drawings of PTSA members to receive door prizes including gift baskets donated by PTSA and custom made by PTSA membership chairperson Sarina Bowen. Thanks, Sarina, for your creative talents.

PTSA recognized our amazing custodians on Custodian Appreciation Day, as well as our fabulous guidance counselors on National School Counselors Week with individual gift cards to Panera Bread. We love our custodians and guidance counselors!

A SPECIAL THANKS to Mrs. Griffin and all the wonderful folks in the main office for their continued support. Also, thanks to Lee Mitchell and Steve Delaney for their on-going technology support.

The Purposes of the PTA

- To promote the welfare of the children and youth in home, school and community.
- To raise the standards of home life.
- To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
- To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth.
- To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education

PTA/PTSA serves as

- A powerful voice for all children,
- A relevant resource for families and communities, and
- A strong advocate for the education and well-being of every child.

Links
Virginia Beach Council of PTAs
Virginia PTA
National PTA
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